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EVOLUTION OF THE MATCH. coach stopped we seen the driver in the front boot all dobbled weth blood. He'd ben shot in tho head from one o' them rilles tho guvment donates to the Injuns for sich amoosomont. We jest started to (fit him out when round the butte come a hull war party of Sioux, a yellln' an' makin' medicine most on-musical. We hustled tho team inter tho station dinin'-room, an' begun turn-in' loose on the Injuns.

They was me an' tho comp'ny blacksmith an' tho eatin'-liouse man an' his wifo an' babby an' Vic (Smith, on olo bufller-hunter. We made it plenty onpleasant for the Injuns, an' Vic he pot his man every time but onet, an' then he pot tho Injun's cayuse. lint the house n-an't much pertection, an' e. the Injuns kep' pcrvadin' 'roun we sorter agreed thet one on us must go fer help. Olo lianjo bed jest come in fum an eighteen mile route, an' the last six miles a keepin' ahead of agangof Injuns, but 1 knowed he was good fcr forty mile more, an' begun gittin'him ready.

His backbone an' ribs didn't stick out so free in them IIKKK. I.IKS (ll.K 1IAN.IO The best "tnir'' Iioms 'Dmt ccr I.umWciI thru't A Cell nr. Munlrrcil liy Cbcviuin Hill Thrnwin 1lH' silk Into liiui. I hastened into the station, half etc pectmg to see tho dead body of lianjo's swinging from a rafter. lint he was made of difi'erent stuff.

He had used the boards of his hunk for a headstone of lianjo's grave, and burned bis supply of fuel in thawing tho clods which ho had blasted out with dynamite to make a grave for his namesake. "Howdy, boss? I'm goin' to quit yuh. I like yuh all right, but I hain't got notion' tuh live fer now but tub make medicine weth heyanne Hill. If yuh'U jest give me my time, I'll go up to Medory an' git my stuff an' start after him. Monday night a week the swing team come in lame, an' 1 had to send out a four team weth ('heyanne Hill.

I knowed he was too free weth the silk, an' I tole him not to throw it inter Olo lianjo, not on no account whatever. Well, sir. he drove inter (irand weth a spike loam. poor Olo lianjo was a-Iyin' dead throe mile back. They was a rattler in the road thet Ole lianjo must 'a" sa un' he crowded over to the off side.

Chevanne liill didn't tako no notice 'eeptin' thet Hanjo was out o' line, an' be. raised his whip an' throwed the silk inter him. It ain't much to most boss 1 1 1 2 Tj jV 1ST in R. HATHAWAY, Editor. KKStf CITY, KANSAS.

THE OLD APPLE TREE There's ft nmmory Ureps a-rurmlu Thro' my weary tid to-night, -An' I a picture d'-uicin' In the tire-flames' ruddy lipht. Tis the picture of an orchard, Wrapped in autumn's purple haze, "With the tender lipht about It That I loved In other days. An' a-standln' in a corner Once ftffain I seem to see The verdiint leaves an' branches Of an old applo tree. Yon perhaps would call it ugly, An' 1 don't know but it's ho 5V hen you see the tree nil over, Vnadorned by memory's fhw: For its bouKhfare pnarh-d and eno1ted An' its leaves are tfttin' thin, And the apples of its beartn' Wouldn't tm so laice a bin As they us't to, but 1 tell you. When It conies to pleasin me, It's the dearest In the orchard-Is that old apple tree.

I would hide within Its shelter, Settlin' in some cozy nook, Where no calls or threats could stir mO From the pages of my book. Oh that quiet, sweet seclusion, In it fullness pnsseth words-It was deeper titan the deepest That my sanctum now affords. Why, the jay birds an" the robiim That was hand in ihivewith mo As they winked at me, and warbled In that old apple tree. It was on its sturdy branches That in summers, long ago, I would tie my swing, and datigto lu contentment, to and fro. Idly tivainin' childish fancies, Ifui'din c.is lies in (he air, Makin' of myself a hero Of romances, rich an' rare.

kin si my eyes an' set it Jest as plain as It can tm, U'hut same oi swin. a duugUn' To the old apple tree. There a rustic sent beneath it, That I never kin forg'-t. It's the place where me an Hallio Little sweetheart us't to set, When we'd wander to tlie orchard, So's no listenin' ones could hear, As I whispered sugared nonsense in her Utile willin' ear. my gray old wife is Ilallie.

An' I'm grayer still than she. Hut I'll not forget oui' eourtin' 'Neath the oiu apple tree. Life for us hain't all been summer, But 1 i-'uess we've imd our share Of Its tiittin' joys and rdeastircM, An' a Hprinkliu' of its cure. Oft lie skies have smiled upon tin, Then again we've set-n 'cm frown. Tho' our load was ne'er so heavy That we longed to lay It down.

Rut when Death does come u-callin'. This my last request shall be-That they'll bury me and llallio 'Neath the old tipplo tree. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, in Chicago News. FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS. For chocolate tarts tako a qua.rf.ei of a pound of siiga one oniici.

and a half of graleil chocolate and tho yolks of six eggs. Stir for a quarter of an hour, then add three ounces of corn starch and the whites of the eggs heat-en to a snow. Fumigat ing a Sick Tloom. Sprinkle spoonful of ground coffe upon a liro hovel on which two or three live coals have been placed, and immediately the sick room will be filled with a pleasant odor, which Cannot be anything but refreshing to the invalid. Ladies' Home Journal Nut Kisses.

Whites of six eggs beaten stiff, one pou nd powdered sugar, two tabh -spoonfuls flour, and one pound nut kernels. Iliekorynuts are very nice, but llra.il or other nuts may bo used, according to taste. Drop on nicely buttered tins and bako in a moderately warmed Ohio Farmer. Lemon Cheese. Tako one cupful of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of butter, two eggs, the juiecof two lemons, licat the sugar, butter, lemon juico and tlio yolks of the eggs together: add tho whites of tho eggs beaten to a stiff froth and cook until thick, stirring continually.

l'hil ndelphia I'ress. Giblets. Clean the giblets of a tur-kc3' or chicken, cut tho gizzard into quarters and separate the lobes of the. liver. Stow them in water to cover, with an onion, sal and pepper.

When tender, thicken tho liquor with and butter cooked together; add tomato or walnut ketehim to taste, und servu on toast, lioston liudgot. Roasted Chicken. A (-pringcliiclccn roasted is more delicious if cut open up the back, rolled in sifted bread crumbs ami placed inside down iu a dripping pan containing a plentiful allowance of hot butter, than when roasted whole. Haste Often, bo careful and do not scorch, and servo with brown gravy in about. N'.

V. Observer. Old-Fashioned Jumbles. Stir together till light of color a pound of sugar and half tho weight of butter, then add eight eggs beaten to a froth, rose water to the taste, and flour to make them sufficiently stiff to roll out. Roll them out in powdered sugar until about half an inch thick.

Cut into strips about half an inch wide and four inches long. Join the ends together so as to form ring's. Lay them on tint tints that have been bnw.ered; Im'ko in a quick oven. allies' I banc Journal. llroiled Chicken.

Singe, split down the back, break the joints and cut out tho breastbi inc. Wipe witli a damp, then with a dry cloth, rub all over wit li butter, olive oil or cottolene. sprinkle with salt, and white pepper, ami place in a double gridiron. I'laee the inside) of tho bird to the tiro first, have tho latter clear, but not too hot, and broil twenty minutes, turning several times. Servo in a hot platter garnished with fresh watercress.

It' not perfectly tender, put the chicken into hot water when ready to broil, briicr to a boil, re fCnnrumiift (l-owtli In Manutnrtiiro since the Kirn! American Tntent Wan IrtKuerl. The first t'nited States patent for friction matches was issued in IRiltl. Splints for them were made by sawing or splitting blocks of wood into Blivers slightly attached at tho base, tho whole bunch being dipped at once into chlorate of potash. These wore known as "slab'' or "block" matches, and they arc in favor in parts of this country at the present day, notably in Maine. Their chief advantages are that they are noiseless and will not leave a mark when scratched upon a white walk Tho first -S'iueifer matches" were made by dipping splints first Into melted sulphur and then into a paste of chlorate of potash and sulphide of antimony r.iixed with gum water.

Kaeh paper box contained about 1 DO matches and two pieces of fine sandpaper. They wore lighted by folding the sandpaper over the end and giving the match a quick pull. They wore manufactured in Kngland as early as and it common uiiino for them was "locofocos." The composition used in many of tho early chlorate of potash Inciters melted and dropped while, burning, but this defect was soon remedied. Tho next step was to employ phosphorus, rendering matches easily ignitable with lower temperature and less exertion. A phosphorus match will ignite at 1 1 1 degrees, while it is probable that tho lueifer required ut least' 'MO degrees.

Tho use of phosphorus for matches dates probably from being years a tor the discovery of that clement by Hrandt, a Hamburg chemist. Hut the manufacture of phosphorr.s matches was attended witli great danger to tho workmen from the fumes, which cause I decay of the bones of the jaw. Many persons were poisoned from careless-nesM in handling them and numerous conflagrations occurred on account of tho case with which they were ignited. Tho "parlor match" in name significant that other matches were hardly suitable for that section of the house-had its origin with the manufacture, in IMS, of Nchrot tor's red or amorphous! phosphorus. Thii product is of a scar-! let-red color, has rcilhor odor nor taste, is not poisonous and does not take iir at ordinary ures.

The latest important Invention in matches secures the separation of tin: chemicals, which in eombimtt ion are always more or less dangerous. Thus is obtained tho "safety match." which was invented by a i Swede named Hundst r.iin, in 1S.V. Tho head of tlie safety match contains chlorate of potash and sulphur, wh io the friction paper is spread with pastj of amorphous phosphorus and an- limony. This is a return to first princi ples, as shown splints and acid of tho "ii'lit box." There are many odd va-rictios of matches now in vogue, such as tho "vestas," of which the splint is waxed cord; fusees for lighting in a wind, with a thick, short tipped with a large uia-s of chlorate of composition; "natural gas" matches, with a very long splint for lighting natural gas tires, and many others. The production of matches has grown to a manufacture of enormous ami rapidly increasing proportions.

ol splints in great quantities began with tne invention of lieuben I'artridge'M splint-cutting machine. Hreviously matches had been cut by hand by mcaiiB of a eolloc tion of bliiiles. Xtnv tho splints arc forced through dies to give them a round shape. Splint cutting is at present a sepaiate industry. Tin splints are sold by hogsheads to the matcli factories, ami one machine w'il 1 cut a day.

Klectrieily, how-ever, seems destined to limit tho use n( matches. Lighting gas by cltHrtricity has lwcn accomplished for and the gas jets of ntost Homo years, large audi- encc-roonis, theaters and churches in this country are lighted by electricity by tin' pressuro of a button. In resi dences with modern improvements can belightcd in tho ha lis a nd rooms on different lloors from a switchlsiard situated at a convenient location. Washington Star. FASHIONABLE FINERY.

Found ut New In te White enamel is cut iu jewelry. HIuo enamel, 11; present iu tint, has tlie next prominence. The tendency of design toward floral forms is so prominent that it seems there is a vast fieldnow forthiugsbeau- tilul. The jeweled grifliu that has been ol servd among new chajelaines is now used on shell combs, and on tho buuuet I lixture worn in the back hair. I The perforated dishes of silver gilt are charming, one represents all sorts of Jlowcrs springing from a common center, and blossoming' around tho up turned edge.

Iridescent (Told jewelry appears in the prettiest of forms, cbiclly lloral. Flower brooches, with Hue gold stamens sparkling and quivering iu tho center, and very attraetivo. The line hand-sawed pierced work is popular. Some pretty, light ornaments have been olcrved on portmonnaios and card cases. It has the advantage of not rubbing or catching, as the raised work is more likely to do.

Tho now gold baracclets aro extremely pretty. They are sectional but closely lifting. Some of these aro covered with raised work and have tho appearand! of a continuous baud; others have the folded tape design soon in sleeve buttons; others, knots of gold and platinum. An altogether new design is a Koale-liku arrangement ot ovul coins. Jewolers' Circular, a I lavs, an' I lest thought I would rc it ar back an' wetli on'y a hackainore roun Ins nose.

uh see, the hackainore as on'ly a hair rope weth no buckles to jingle. Well, it come along dark purty soon, an' I lore up a pair o' pants an' wropped 'era aroun' Olo lianjo's feet so his shoes wouldn't clink asrin the ravel. When it come plum dark I pot on Ole Ilaiiio in the dinin'-room an' ode out toward ('heyanne. Wo hadn't rone fur when I see an 111 inn not live foot ahead. Ho hadn't no idee thev as any one on tho hoss" back, an' he jest thought things was a comin' too asy when good stage-bosses walked into him that-a-way.

Ho put up his hand to keteli Ole llanio hv the fore- p. an' mo all the time layin' along his ek weth my gun throe inches ahead of Ole lianjo nose. I wa'n't two feet way hen 1 let tho Injun hev it riifht between the eyes. Well, they ain't much more to tell. I jest rode Ole lianjo like the devil a-beatin' tan-bitrk fer tho forty milo into Cheynnne.

1 started fum tho station at iest nine clock, an' rode into t'heyunne at twelve, lu half an hour we was on our way back weth a squad of cavalry, an' a little nrter four we rode up to the station. All the Injuns bad crone eptin' he one 1 lied located perman ent an' three others which Vic bed made (rood, an' which tlie other Injuns hadn't kerried olf. lint 1 want yuh to notice thut Ole lianjo went thet eighty mile in seven hours, an' never missed is rcff'lar trip over the route neither, "lianjo's prot a heap more sense than some folks ha. ffot hay. Lots o' times he has saved acoachful o' passengers fum into a washout when the, nitfht was so dark the driver couldn't soo the leaders.

One niciit un in Mon- tanny it was jest, nachully stormin' pizen, nil Olo lian jo was on the Deer Lodife trail. Of course ho was in the lead, hut the driver was a new one an' hadn't been told thet Olo lianjo savvied bis business bettor than any thet ever pulled a rein over him. The road wa'n't but eiirht foot wide, in places, weth a mounting straight up on one side an' a precipice miles down cm tho other. The driver hadn't been over the road hut once, an' then in tho dark, and ho felt mighty prayerful when a Hash a' lightnin' would come an' let him look down in the yearlh about seven mile, lie sure didn't feel none nay at the vistas. Hut all at once Ole lianjo stopped, an' the rest o' the team knew enough not to make no blulV when lianjo asked fer a show down.

Tho driver done his host tub git the team tuh move, but they all waited to see lianjo's haiul. Filially the driver waked up a paNsenger who was sleepiu' in the front boot on the mail sack tin' give him the ribbons to hold while he went ahead to spy out the trouble. lie found a plenty, fer ho was almost toucbin' bi'c eriz.lv bar when a Hash o' lightnin' showed him his mistake. Well, yuh see, the driver hadn't lost no bar, an' the man a-holt o' the lines swore he never touched but olio high place tell he jumped on the box. Tho driver tolo me he all -to once weighed three ounces lighter a straw hat, an lest tlew over tho team.

They wa'n't no chance tub turn the team or tho coach, an' the hull outfit bed tub stay thur uu' shiver till it waH light enough to see. Then they shot the bar an' found it had busted an inside surcingle, or some-thin' a-tniublin' down tlie mounting. lint all the same, I want yuh to notice thet ary other hoss in the lead 'would a-jack-knifed the team, un' carried the hull outfit to kingdom come down the precipice. He's a sure good boss, an' the man thet ever throws silk inter him or treats hiin had he, got tuh make some medicine weth me, Joe liush. lie ain't never been outclassed in ary team ho was ary into, lie's worked in teams where yuh had to go up one side wetli a broadax an' down tho other wetli a shovel a-knoekin' 'cm intnh the collar, but you bet yuh, Ole lianjo wa'n't never hit a clip.

His tugs was alius a-drawin'." One bitter cold day in January word came up the line that Old lianjo was dead. I jumped on tho down coach, and as I dismounted at Cave Hill's station it was with a feeling of surprise rather than anger that lianjo's Hob was not at hand to grasp tho bits of the led team. Hut this feeling changed wholly to one of grief as I saw on the sunny side of the station a rude mound surmounted by a headstone of rough boards. With harness dressing for puiut, and his fingers for a brush, liunto's Hob had subscribed the following epitaph: es, an it a.n I riolhin to some, hut it was murder to my olo boss. He hadn't never felt the stingo' the silk-, an' ho knowed as well as a human thet ho didn't ought to feel it.

It broke his i heart right thar. He jest give a spring in the air an' come down in a heap, lie didn't suffer none 'ceptin' fer the one lick thet murdered him. Kuss Wilson, foreman of the Kli out tit, come along next niornin', an' I hired a mule team of liiui for eight dollars a day to haul my ole boss beck to thestalion. llass was mighty uppity about lottin' me bev tho team at any price, liat when I tolo him it was to bury Ole lianjo he jest let mo bev two teams fer uothin', nil' sent tne one of his eow-punehers'to I lead wood to buy dynamite fer blast, in' out tho grave. thet, he come all tho way from the.

Ell an' brought every one of his boys to give a military funeral to my ole boss. Tho obs'quics was ac-cordin' to Iloyle. you bet. an' the hoyl all lired a salute over the grave wetli all tho earl ridges in their si: -shooters. Hut I can't t.tay no longer in sight, of his grave weth ('heyanne Hill on topof ground.

It ltd drive me locoed in a week. I've got enough st nil' comin' to strike Hill's trail, an I'll never leave it tell I've made medicine weth him. I hear ho didn't dast stop at tiio cud of his run. but kep' a-goin', an' left the coach in tho Had Lauds nil struck across country fer ingnsville. He'll Hiiro make, his first stop in llele-iuiw, an' 1 may ketch up weth him thar.

Any ways, I'll folle.r him tell I lind him." Yesterday, more than seven years after Old lianjo's death, I opened a paper sent me from I. as Vegas. iow Mexico. Huge black lines smelling of harness dressing were drawn about tho following article: "Cheyenne Hill was shot and instantly killed in tlie Maverick saloon yesterday by a man cil'ing himself lianjo's Hob. The coroner's jury acquitted the prisoner, as it is shown that heyenuo liill had pulled his gun and turned loose at him- as soon as ho entered the door." In defiance of I'nclo Saul's postal laws there was scrawled immediately under tin black line: "i sed i wuld make Medccin Cheyaim an i done it.

Han.io's llarper'a Weekly. weth lion." ONE TIME ALL. AROUND. Fur Thut I'tirpoau tljft IVorld Should He lllvliluil IiiLo Tn'cn ouch. I Traveling has been mado so easy and rapid of late that some systematic ar- I raiigeineut of international time has become almost a necessity.

It is well nigh impossible to remember the exact difference between the times of two places, as there mo usually a lot of odd minutes to tako into consideration. This is a great nuisance for tlie traveler, though it would hardly do to suggest that the time should be reckoned tho same at the same moment all tho world over; we art; so accustomed to have, the sun high up in tho sky at twelve o'clock that such a drastic change would bo too great a shock to our feeling's. Hut proposal has been mado by which tin? time at, one can be easily comparable with tho lima anywhere else. l'or this purpose the world would be divided into twenty-four zones; each one would have its own time, which would of oonrso differ by one hour from that in the next zone. This certainly seems worth considering, ami if it could bo satisfactorily arranged would be extremely convenient to travelers and for telegraphic purposes.

Moreover, the time at any plaen would never differ by more than half an hour from the nieuu sun time, so that it would still bo twelve o'clock when the sun was at its highest point. North America is already divided on this principle Into five zones, the most easterly of which is four hours after (irceuwich time, and the time, is called "International." Tho tdhers in order are "Kastern," "C'culral," and "1'aeitio" times, differing successively by one hour. l'carson's Weekly. Many people are gloomy because they believe all their joys aro buh'iuJ. tboiu.

Uuui's lloiu. OLD HANJO. A Faithful Stage Horse That Couldn't Stand tho Whip. This is a story of a horse nnj a man. That it possesses in large measure tho demerit of truthfulness is not tlie fault of tho writer.

"Yuh couldn't hov him nt no price, purd," said (lilmer it Salisbury's su- jierintendent, "only the eomp ny (join' to pull off this route. It sure sopms like sellin inv own father to sell Olo lianjo, hut yuh kin hev him for two hundred even plunks. More'n thet, the game don't poreeod less'n yuh hire lianjo's Jioh his hostler." On the way hack from Helena, as we at in tho cupola of a caboose, looking out over our trainload of horses, linn jo's Hob told me of liis namesake. "Tie ain't much for purty, lianjo ain't, tint he gosh awful fcr good. Ker twenty year now I've hod him iu my string, an' he uiu't a day older in his feoliu's than he was in down in Kansas, lie's thet proud-sporritod 1 reckon he'd die right thar ef he felt the whip.

Twiot Oh; lianjo un' me lied a raee. weth Injuns. Onot down on the Niobrary they hod my station held up for twelve hours, an' me a-peekiu nvvay weUi my Sharp an mingiin lead wotu tiieir careasses mighty free, an' then lied to make break for it weth Old lianjo. 1 jest (rive him the wold, an ho went through them Coiiianohes like hunter's teeth through a bulller hump. 1 got this finder shot off, an' Ole lianjo pot a bullet through the tip of his ear thet makes him look e.

though he was Bwaller-forked. Tho Injuns chased iih twenty mile, but they couldn't ketch Ole lianjo. llisheadau tail was tip, ail' he jest nachully Ret the yearth on fire. I sure set a heap o' store by thet boss. Another time I was hostler at an eatin' (station on tho Chevanne route to the lilack Hills, an' the Sioux pot over there on a sealpin' tower, Ole lianjo was nigli led-hoss tn a nix team of the unbustedest broncos thet ever was strung out ahead of tuire.

Well, sir, one day we heard the of the stage wheels about an hour before lime, an we knowed from the way the clucks was a-ooinin' so frequent thet somethin was the matter. In another minute here she come around a little butie oiu lianjo jest a-pawin the air on a level trot, an' all the broncos on a dead run. They wa'n't no driver on the box, but Ole lianjo jest started a-clrclin' round the station an' milled tell Oicy come to a stop right in front of the door. Thet's on the dead thicviu' square. 1 hain't try in' to run no on yuh, fer 1 learned him thet trick back Vi tho oi.Uics.

When the move tho scum and simmer gently for ten minutes. When' quite cold, brush tho pieces and proceed to broil asabove, N. Y. Observer. THE STRAWBERRY.

IU Kurly lll-tory ami tlin Wide lit V. 10, It la I ii The wild strawberry is very wld -ly diffused over the surface of tlie earth, being found in the chill regions of the north, its well as iu the sunny clinics of the, siait.li. His not a tropical plant, however, and, except on mountain sides, is not found south of latitude, thirty-eight degrees north. On the liu-roiHim continent it grows extensively from tho Lapland and tho Shetland isles to Italy and Uroece. It is also iouiui tnroiigliout western Asia, but is unknown iu China and Ji.pan.

It has grown abundantly on the bills of Iceland for centuries. It is found in America from Labrador and ii Columbia to the pine woods of tlie southern states ami on the high lands of Mexico and the Andes. The hardy plant, with its tiny scarlet, ta rry, may be said to girdle the earth on the lino of the l'olar circle, ami several hirnlr-'d mil southward, except tuai it is not found in tho basin of the river A moor, in Siberia. Though history ami aro alike silent to the cultivation of tho strawberry in early times, we that the fruit was well known in Kn-gland in the lilUa nth century. Shukoi-pcaro has three al iusions to strawberries.

In "Henry tho liishop of Fly, iu illustration of tho good qualities, which thoyoung king kjs in spito of his wild habits and objectionable, companions, says: The strawberry irrows lui'lcrneath thfl net tle, Anil wholesome lu rries thrive unit ripen bt-ttl Neiirhboreu by frutl ot baser ilualily. Tho reference here is, obviously, to the wild berry. Hut in the play of "Kichard 111." strawberries are spoken of as growing in tho liishop of Ely's garden at llolborn, and this seems toj show that the berry was cultivated with coiisiderahlo care as early as tho latter art of tho fifteenth century; though Haydn's dictionary of Dates as serts uiut tlio common strawberry was brought to Fugland from Flanders in lSiiU. It is curious to note that ono huudred years after the crafty Kichard begged some of tho bishop's strawberries, wo liud a description of a garden a.t HolUru, the property of tho rich ilarber-surgeon Oernrd, herein four kinds of strawlK-rrics a great var'ety for the time were succ. ssfully cultivated.

The th. rd Shakspearcau alius sum to this fruit is in reference to the, ill-fated handkerchief of llcsdemona, which was "spotted with sniwlverncij," Horticultural Times..